Instead of aspirin I take a 1000 mg fish oil pill every morning. Not only thins the blood, but also has Omega-3 Fatty Acids that my brain & heart must have.

I'm 40 now & as I approach 50 I'll probably bump this up to two pills a day.

I take one aspirin a day, full strength ones too. And I also take aspirin for those little aches and pains. Been doing it for years, along with my BP meds (old age you know). I have always been a fast clotter, and the aspirin doesn't seem to have affected that one bit. I tried fish oil pills, but when I got sweaty (I was still working for a living then) I started to smell like a fish market, and no one would have coffee with me anymore, so I stopped them. Tried garlic pills, same thing...

I use 85 mg. "enteric" coated. This kind is easier on the stomach. By the way, aspirin and alcohol together are especially hard on the stomach.

I use the Kirkland generic. Guess I have a cast iron stomach or something, I take 800mg motrin without a problem too.

No problem with the aspirin-alcohol mix, I have put myself on the wagon while in Washington, booze costs too much up here for my pocketbook...